WELLNESS/HEALTH

LESS THAN 1 HOUR!​Not only green and satisfying, this meal also takes minimal effort to prepare. It's full of healthy, clean ingredients like quinoa and avocado. Although it calls for mushrooms and pine nuts, you could add any additional veggies or nuts you like.

Add remaining broccoli, garlic, avocado, Parmesan, and remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil to a blender, and blend until a smooth puree is formed. Taste and season with salt. Stir in lemon juice, if desired.

Mix 1/2 cup broccoli pesto and reserved broccoli florets into cooked quinoa. (Save any leftover pesto in the fridge for another use.)

Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add nuts to dry pan and toast, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, until fragrant and beginning to turn golden brown. Remove from pan and add to quinoa.

Add butter to the same frying pan and let it melt. Add mushrooms and cook until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Add to salad and serve warm.

Ankita Dosaj

If you have any lunch ideas of your own to share, please email me at dosaja@vcu.edu. I will be posting weekly recipes to encourage students to pack healthy lunches and would love feedback.

Safety PSAFor the students that stay on campus late, I highly recommend that you call the MCV Safety Escort to give you a ride back. I know there has been some confusion with the Escort connected to the undergrad campus, so to clarify there is a separate service available for us that's connected to the hospital.Hours: 5:00 pm to 8:00 amCall: 804-828-WALK https://police.vcu.edu/services/security-escort-service/

FREE WEEKLY YOGA SESSIONSheld by the M2s (Michelle2 and Anita). They alternate between 7am and 5pm session, held in MMEC 3-101. Updates are usually posted on the Facebook Class of 2019 group.

WEEKLY MEDITATION SESSIONS​headed by the Mindfulness in Medicine groups. They will be meeting in MMEC 7-101 every Wednesday from 12 PM-1 PM.

WEEKEND RUNNING RAMS headed by our very own historian, Allan! If you like to run or would like to try it out every once in a while, this is the group for you! We're just some med students from VCU who meet up on Sunday mornings to blow off energy where from a few miles to over 6 miles. We come in all speeds and distances (plus dogs), so come join! Check out our Facebook page here!

​FITNESS CLASSESare free for students both at Larrick and the Cary Street Gym. You can sign up for a class 2 hours in advance here!